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Commentary: Will the Nashville shooting inspire action? Past waves of American violence did

The murders of three children and three staff members at a school in Nashville on Monday was at least the 129th mass shooting of 2023. That’s a rate of 1.5 mass shootings, involving four or more victims, each day of the year.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Nashville and a nation of mass shooting trauma

Another 200 children became survivors of gun violence Monday, this time in Nashville, when a 28-year-old armed with high-powered weapons broke into their school and opened fire, killing three 9-year-old classmates and three adult staff members.

Los Angeles Times

Judge in Alex Murdaugh case says he’s ‘not surprised’ jury came to guilty verdict so quickly

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life earlier this month for heinous double murders of wife and son

The Independent UK

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'I had to vomit in train station from McDonald's milkshake - then it all happened so quickly and my brother was dead'

Thomas Parker, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene after Kirkpatrick Virgo hit him with the weapon

Manchester Evening News

Bluntisham shootings: Three arrested after two men shot dead in ‘targeted’ attacks in Cambridgeshire

Neighbour said she heard three loud bangs in her quiet part of Sutton on Wednesday evening

The Independent UK

Final bikie shooting charges dropped after jury verdict

Prosecutors have withdrawn four serious charges against a man previously accused of a bikie shooting after a jury found his three co-accused not guilty.

AAP

Two men shot dead in 'targeted' attacks in Cambridgeshire

Three people - a woman and two men - have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder

Manchester Evening News

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Police make three arrests after two men shot dead in two nearby villages

Police said they were not in a position to name either victim as formal identification has not been carried out.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of mourners gather to honour Nashville school shooting victims

Authorities have not yet determined the killer’s motive but say the assailant did not target specific victims.

Wales Online

‘We need to fight harder, scream louder’: Nashville youth at school shooting vigil share their anger

First lady Jill Biden and singer Sheryl Crow stood before hundreds in Nashville as mourners held candles, prayed and shared their frustration at yet another deadly school shooting on American soil, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

Hammer used in Kym Cobby murder to be retested after Andrew Cobby claims 'fresh evidence' has emerged

In 2021, a jury found Andrew John Cobby beat his estranged wife with a hammer owned by his roommate, before choking her.

ABC News

Jill Biden, Sheryl Crow attend vigil for Nashville shooting victims; Pope Francis sends condolences

First lady Jill Biden attended Wednesday night’s candlelight vigil in Nashville, Tennessee, to honor and mourn the six victims killed in the Covenant School shooting.

Tribune News Service

Man jailed at least 26 years for murder and wounding

A sentencing judge did not accept Kristian Kovaleff showed any remorse after stabbing two girls, killing one, and then pretending to be mentally ill.

AAP

Democrat and Republican in Capitol shouting match over gun safety: ‘Calm down? Children are dying!’

New York Democrat Jamaal Bowman had been giving a furious speech to reporters in a corridor when Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie tried to butt in

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Chicago Sun-Times

How powerful must firearms get before we stop the bloodshed?

As we view the terrifying videos of the shooting that killed three children and three adults in Nashville, we have to ask: What will be added to the arsenal on the streets that’s even worse?

Tribune News Service

Slotkin proposes gun violence prevention bills alongside Oxford, MSU survivors

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., introduced legislation Wednesday aimed at curbing gun violence a month and a half after a mass shooting at Michigan State University left three students dead and five injured.

The New Daily

Nashville shooting victims honoured in sombre vigil

Hundreds of people have gathered at a candlelight vigil in Nashville, Tennessee to mourn the three children and three adults who were killed in a shooting

ABC News

By the numbers: What the data says about gun violence in the United States

This week's Nashville school shooting is the latest in the long history of mass shootings across America, with the number of incidents rising significantly in the last decade.

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Los Angeles Times

7 California Highway Patrol officers charged in death of LA motorist caught on video

LOS ANGELES — Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse were charged with manslaughter Wednesday in connection with the death of a man who screamed, “I can’t breathe!,” as they tried to draw blood from him, prosecutors said.

The Independent UK

Democrat lawmaker interrupts Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transphobic rant to raise assault weapons ban

Far right has latched on to identity of Nashville shooter to fuel transphobic hatred

Axios

Familiar lines drawn over assault weapons ban after Nashville shooting

Democrats have echoed Biden's calls to double down on gun reform, but also recognize the partisan lines drawn in the sand.

Salon

This star helped Nashville students flee

This isn't the first time the "Sabrina" star has been in proximity to a school shooting sadly

Tribune News Service

Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett attacked for response to Nashville school shooting: ‘Criminals are gonna be criminals’

Career politician Tim Burchett, R-Tenn, drew accusations of defeatism over his refusal to address gun control following Monday’s mass shooting in Nashville that left seven people dead at a Christian private school.

Tribune News Service

Gunfire disabled North Carolina power substation 3 weeks before Moore County attack, FBI now says

RALEIGH, N.C. — The FBI says that a power substation disabled in Eastern North Carolina last November was damaged by gunfire, three weeks before similar attacks caused a massive outage in Moore County.

The Guardian - US

‘An absolute dynamo’: shock and grief as Nashville shooting victims mourned

Details of three children and three adults shot dead at Covenant School in Tennessee capital have begun to emerge

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